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The Maelstrom of Travel That Astonlshes Visitors
ss9 ITO NeviSY ork City.

si4At last we arc making tho whole world
open It's eyes, or rather as much Of II rs
ever comes to New York. We did no.
use to possess any public. institutions,
parks or show.places 10 force IN cxcla.
nation Of wonder from men who had
seen tho product Of prodigal royalty In
Europe, nor had VIC any historical monu.
ments such: as tho old.world cities pos
,sess. And in sizcgw must play second
violin to London, II not Paris. But no
longer arc VIC, without our wonders.
Never q traveller, q snobblsi lord or'scr..
want of Europe reaches New, York now
but he Is taken of his guard and forced
to stare and TO cxclaim with surprise at
our marvellous railroads. Iiailroatling in
New York is almost like railroading gone
mad; It certainly Is the most cxtraordl.i
nary railroading the world has ever scen.i
II Is not only that It Is all done in the
mir, but It effects the transportation Of
greater crowds than ever were carried in
any way or anywhere In the world be-.
fore. Moreover, 1t isnot likely that any
thing equal TO It ever will DO seen else
where, no matter II imighticr cities spring
up to wrcst old Gotllam's prestige from!
her, or II tho old.world capitals copy our
methods, for our railroading is the re-.
suit OF the snarrowness Of our little
crowded, watcr-bound island which, as
ourpopulation keeps increasing, is swell.
ing the crowds on the few longitudinal
until II is already admitted that
nowhere else are such multitudes gath
cred and pressed together and whirlcdi
up and down rs in this city.
If n man were to rise in a balloon over
the City Hall Park at about five o'clock
in the evening he would ;~>, "
fxfxfrs IL. 49, y -
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.The,Rnrhcl.1Y Fe,,,c !.

Already the accounts Of cattle being struck
BY lightning and killed while huddled to-
gethc5 near barbed awire fence during a
1hunderstorms have begun to come IN.
Gus! f!late years that tho question of insll.
lating the wires of such fences Is seriously
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-21

/. !. Esthetic Critic lat tho club after ,bc
theatrea-Can you Imagine anything more ora
utterly solemn than tho dcnouemrnt IN
Romeo and Juliet2'' What fate more
weirdly tragic could
4. Cynical Old Bachelor twho has never rad
the play)-um-'s no knowing, The mn.
thor might ~ married 'cm !-1hneh.
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Gottingen'I Coming Jubilee. J

The jubilee Of the renowned University Of
Gottingen, founded in A. D. 1887, which
is to take place on. the 9TH, 9Th and 9th Of
Ausss "n prSmses 70 , be S,est sSess
FORMER students s arc &C expected to be present ut
the jubilee. Several German princes, too,
hope to attend, among them Prince Bis.
marck, who studied two years at Gottingen,
in 1882 and, 1883. 1t Is reported also That
mnny OF. tho old pupils Of the celebrated
-Wohler will reyisitItheir beloved Gottingen
from tho United Stntes, N ~
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JaS =, A Very Old Family. I; ~
sc.Jenkins Examining THE pedigree which
isSHn q has Just had manufacturedJ SO
ms IS your family trce? ? And what Is that
DE gap ~ the middle
q az snsose s er-well, crSoh; that is
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HER KEp Letter DAY.

ibid you get,a note from Algcrnon to.
day?'.' asked Mr. Briggs Of his daughter Susie.
ayes, pa" replied Susie, dutifully. *
"You read it, Of courseY' ~
Eyes, pa" answered Susie, in surprise,
but why do you ask ~ Ma
so, nothing. That makes It'll read letter
for you, that's ALL n. = 4 81. /.
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IN LIGHTER VEIN.
: 7 Z = . ----I----T-I - -
IT WAS BELOW GRADE. !

Would-bc Contributor Ito great cditor)-I
would like to submit little poem for your
inspection. q q
Great Editor-Very well ! pray take q seat
and I'll read It. Reads Il through, r1tile
routd-be contributor a,eaits the result Nth
anriety.) What did you say this was, sir
: Would-bc' Contributor-A poem.
Great Editor---It is misnamcd, my dear sir.
II is not even up thegrade Of jubilee ode.
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! read of 4 man Mt Rome who is eighty
feet tall" remarked Mrs. Fnnsle. n r
lie must be IIightalian," replied her
husband. ,!5.s -552tisi' 81 s,i553z. fs,l,EI
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:A.@BALEDNOREAND0HIO4
81 oWARD THE PUBLIC.
FAlR$PLAY.ALLfAR AROUND

So dear to the american idea iofSa
square deal, It is a good thing that;
this necessity has been realized
and the great power Of Congress In
voked to- bring them to proper
sense oflthe sItuation.it The
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dom betrnys tho confidence of lot of trust.
ing cattle that have assembled together in
one Of its friendly corners for mutual co,,n.
sci and support in the hour Of trial.-Chi.
ea0o Tribune. i. I. n RI .i 53F,i
WHO sBRIAREUSf WAS.
ANeviscd Version OF Some Tales Of Classic
Mythology.
Briareus was as much Of a freak rs Pan |;
in some respects more SO. ,i5'lf7:g
The question has often occupied my mind !:
Which would have commanded the higher
salary in the dime museum Of the present
| day 7! 600 Z. (. s, II I,
Perhaps Pan would have kept in the lead,
for there was only ono Of him, and It would
have been very difficult to make another.
Freaks with goats horns, legs and hoofs
can't be produced every day, even in this age
ofinycntion md scientific attainment. Z
While there was only one Pan, Briarcus
had two brothers rs picturesque in appear
ance as himself. This would operate against
him in the freak market, for the duplication
,fo CURIOSITY, sor;o,,s,,, ;r,n,; 70 no ,,ol,o
Tb,t ID wI,t bo. r,,;ra al ~ h,s;nass ae.,,a
,,oss.e,ter ondmnds hr;dro ;,,nners ~ ~ aa
as dirt. o. l.. 81 II d
81 III, ~. oe ~ Ea,a,. S S' vS
~ .' ~ . ~ 'io''ss' ~" : u : ~.
~ M tna., ~, a..s -, a., -.
.,osM n..i!ius t1e oullier',on " nrl'lf
sus Chains ~ .ne pelsoh u ms pie.nfen,
ue M,I' ~, Mnlen Mouu nase p.e.l
"ottn "s ,.'tsS soov WA WIN eiie Pii'i-
esu " s,'is ms piiotosi"lh ~ si'ee'a.ots'
i'i,' .,oc spee'''i,'' " '''eei,ei' lnist Pos-
seSseu my Me.!.'s n'iu y h.nareu afms.
~ was wei iol Dria aa 'mat III ms uay IL
was inc custom 70 wear iuil peara, and that
cutting the mar 70 a. civilized abbreviatlon
was not necessary 10 admission INTO good So
ciety: ,i
lmnk OF man with iiity hcads going into
crowded barber shop on Saturday night for
haircut and shavel ..::;;ss:
And THINK how the other men, with faces
irescoedwith boards Of from two to seven days
standins' would even wish themselves dead
when they found. Brlareus ahead of them !!
Friends and fellow-citizens, they would rise
rs one man and dynamite him.
His arms would be more useful. 72Gt
How quickly man could dress in, the
morning II no had one pair OF arms with
which to pull on his boots, while q second
set was engaged IN sewing q suspender but
ton on MS trousers ! Another pair OF arms
could DO engaged IN pulling down his vest
fourth PAIR at inc same time could bereach-
ing under the bureau coaxing coy collar
button from It's retirement; fifth pair could
be occupied in combing his hair, while other
sets could arrange his neckwear, brush his
hair and stand around ready to make them
selves useful. q Z. 4 4
Awoman would find fifty pairs of arms
more useful still while dressing. They could
in large measure relieve the mouth from
articles -; - -
pmt Il ~ ,,a,... .,,on p .;o,o,,, .4i.
v pu. AZ 'No a'iss5 "ae'l p' ''' was
prominent citizen no one wore boots, vests
md collars, and so there WINS n lamenfahle
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-21

Z As Colonel Mooney was going home the
other day he saw the wagon of n travelling
photographer. 81 will stop and have pic.
ture taken, just for fun, u he mentally re-
married., entering the peripatetic establish
'.Therc," said the photographer, showing
A. him a proof; II think this is q pretty good
i, The II, colonel looked at it, and finally said
When he got home he showed 1t to his
wife, md iokingly told her it WINS picture
Of the wild Man from Borneo, down in
!; You can't fool me-" snid his wife, exam
lining the picture critically; Give seen the
Wild Man from Borneo, and he is not half
50 ugly and frightful looking as this!r-.Mo
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-. Z .t--s- 2 80 tflllif = I, ~
q HOW TO GET XE.NOs TEA. (,

U you ars q DEALER, ,rrite 70 Martin Cillst
q Co., Ba!amore, Nd, and Aey ,rlH send +, yo u
trade prices and terms. Il
y you ara q CONSUMER, and your: dealer Or Or
grocer dosa not keep U, ksen send TO lartla Gisltt
q Co., baltimore Va. q potfags stams o. otser.
ptse, y eeas Jor package, 40 cents for, u.
package, or % esna yor %. package. TAI i a.
'e.a,t p''ee and tsty ,oil send you, prepaid oy
a'aA &c quantity ordered, trith yun truction,
.f1AR ~ Y; ;G1LLET q Co,
e Estaollshed 1911; " y
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This beats tho cleva.s -
ted In fact, It. palcs --~s-ds''-
anything In the annals OF railroadng.
No regular steam railroad ever ap.i
preached 1t, and what was considered
tho wonderful work donc In carving
folks from New York to Philadelphia
during the Centennial was not only small
beside II, but II was commonplace-fo
this reason THAT at n lieadwny Of only a
minute and a.half between trains, every
man connected the service must DO
on the alert, with every nerve at a ton.
sion TO prevent disaster. It takes six.
minutes to cross the bridge. Before n
train Is third Of tho way over another
one has grippcd tho cable and is pursuing
II and In n minute and a-half another one
Is after that, Now imagine the first train
reaching Brooklyn-tliree cars filled with
400 persons. Nine doors arc flung open
and rs many brakcmcn or guards urge 4
the people TO hasten, rs well they may,
for II the people scramble out at their
livcliest the next train will be bearing
down on them 5at distance of only coo
feet behind and at a rate Of speed OF ten
miles an hour. It Is an exciting moment,
but tits repeated by train-load after train.
load and day after day, and to the credit /
of tho superintendent, Mr.. Q. G. Martin,
be 1t said there! never has been a loss Of
a human life on that railroad.
= Railroad men who come to New York |
look upon this evening scene at either
end Of the big bridge with undisguised
amazement.. Z II Is conceded to be the |
greatest sight in the business. At the New
York end is the vast crowd pouring in
tho cavcrnous mouth of tho bridge so
rapidly that the station platform is kept |
packed with people during the ninety |
minutes of the rush, the train loads that
arc taken away leaving no vacancy in the
crowd that is not at once swallowed up;
in fact, you never sec any difference In
the ,crowd, for as 1t pours into the cars 1t
moves forward from the street, and when
the bell rings for the train TO start tho
guards spring to the gates, wrestle with
those who are still trying to squeeze In,
push them back, slam the gates and leave
Just as solid wall Of waiting passengers
behind them as If no train had just run
off with 500 of its members. H. "a y
\ But in addition we have free elevated
railroad; that is our newest requirement.
1t is in Hoboken, but we call all this clus-
ter Of towns brooklyn, Hunters Point,
Jersey City and Hobokcn) so many parts
of the metropolis. Seven in ten OF the
families in them get their daily bread
with money earned in New; York. Hobo
ken issa continuation of Jersey City, !
and is II north of it. Back n Of
Hoboken is marsh, and back .of
that a high hill, part of a range Of
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[a75 1ssc1t TIE lluTcEs q
~ a tall man and a short man boarded a
street car Yesterday as it rumbled down
Third stree. The tall passenger; stopped to
get in the doorway, while tic, little mans
heaa was not far above the handle Of the
., /, much, fare 2" asked the tall man Of
~" Five cents, was tho reply. III 4.
man. y }33.s
Five ,ccnts.'''a rs 4 q
;S.Fiyc cents for ME, too Dung man, don't
You tho law regulates tho difference
between the long md short, haul n ls5EESii5
IS One passenger fell off the platform, and
even the mules \ staggercd.-Gnesler PAY
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.:P][''l][lC,y''T['.U:RESQUEB Il 0.

q IlcsKct Agents everywhere furnish Informs
tiof, rites, ctc.s etc; md II Is sure to lend ton
saving Of moncy;to become posted thoroughly
as 70 inc advantages OF tho Baltinorcand Ohio
ior trip anywhere between tho East and the
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= S..1I sl-e3fi TlCll company, IN or
der the better to develop this whole terri
tory, has built IN elevated cable railroad,
amilc and u hall; or two miles long, from
the ferry in Hobokcn to the west OF the
hill, to carry the people for nothing to the
various hOrse-car lines that meet there
and then, pursuing different routes, carry
the passengers, to the different towns.
The people could not afford to pay two
fares, therefore the land company dis
creetly asks but one, and Is rewarded by
a tremendous and rapidly growing rush
of travel. a "a. & 4 4: 4 rs 700 80 -
4 | had almost forgotten to speak Of the
Marine railroad on Concy Island. Years
ago It used to be spoken as the busiest
railroad Of Its size in the world and I'M
doubtcdly itstill remains SO. though those
that have sprung up since all distance II
SO that it isseldom thought OF. They are
NIL larger to be sure, but yet they arc all
small and so much buster that tho Marine
railroad is no longer absolutely unique
It only runs a third Of the year. In one
respect, though, 1t has the best Of them
all an advantage over any road L ever
heard Of in tho world. \, 1t Is an absolute
monopoly. There is no way to get from
one end Of 1T to the other except by rid
ing on itunless You fly or swim. Concy,
Island is cut in twain by IN inlet and this
little railroad, scarcely a pistol shot in
length, lis the only means Of communion
tons between the two parts-,hc part
where the great, hotels are and the cheap
and crowded part. The fare is five cents
and the road coins nickels faster than
mint forthrec or four months in tllciyear.,
During week days from Ii, 900 to 10000
fares are probably considered good daily
receipts, but on the twelve or thirteen hot
bright Sundays of5cach summer, when a
quarter of u million persons seek the
beach, the little monopoly must carry be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 persons to and
fro. NJ :, itf AZ;
The artist reminds me witha very trite
picture of avery, familiar sight, that all
this new.fangled railroading has not d.,
unfinished the old-fashioned ways Of, tray
cling. $When;th the bridge was built II was
thought the main ferry to Brooklyn would
be driven out of business. but It's boats
are loaded everynight justas the sketch
shows. New York Is quite big town..
The more We do to handle the crowds the!
bigger they grow. JULIAN AIrn.s q
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waited stations, and q, multitude, dcnscr
than all these put together, : moving
shoulder and toe to heel up Park Row and
Nassau street and down Chatham street
to the City Hall station of the elevated
and the Brooklyn bridge, the bird cage
structure Of the one and the great, de-
vouring nav of the other being side byi
side. In about an hour, or at the. most
ninety minutes, he would see at least
100000 persons swept away from the bus.
mess end of the town to the residence
end and over to the City of Churches.
The jam at the bridge and City Hall sta
tion is really awe-inspiring. The street
becomes blocked and the crowd hats
every now and then tomove a little way
ahead in an instant when train full Is
hauled out and another comes in to be
filled. On the elevated road at the City
Hall station between 10000 and 10000
persons are packed into trains Of five
cars each, running FIVE minutes apart
The people are packed in these cars until
not only the aisles but the platforms are
damned, and coaches meant TO carry
tifty-fiyc or sixtypersons move away with.
$50 or more, tho whole train carrying 75Ot
or 800 persons. 5..53isj i53il
Think of our elevated railroad, only,
ttwenty-seyen miles in length, and yet
carrying SOC, 900 persons a day, or nearly,
four times the population of the United
States in IA year. The bulk Of their
immense business is done between six
and ten O'clock in the morning and
between five and seven in the evening, a
matter Of six hours. And what ) a
thoughtless person might hastily con
clude was the least wonderful thing
about these roads Is really the most
wonderful = that lis, that they use no
special make or pattern OF cars, but just
such asyou find nany railroad anywhere,
except that the seats are mainly along
side Of and parallel with the walls Of
the cars. Some days special coaches will
be designed fol, the more comfortable
handling. of the crowds; ! was going to
shy. the quicker handling OF them, but
nothing ever can be quicker. Y on do
not wonder that they make tho stiffcst,
most hide-bound and self sutlicicnt for
cigncrs stare, but cannot hclpthinkinr
that any. New = orkcr could, be made.
to tdistcnd his eyes and drop his Jaws
If he could really comprehend what we
arc doing in the why Of. railroading.
5h' Ontthc Brooklyn bridge; Is, 900 persons
are carried from the Now: York gates
to Brooklyn in ninety minutes IN trains
Of three cars each, starting one minute
y; I,.,c:szIa<(SLan n n : = 7 e. T 4 a.
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.|ITI-I"- = ~ 2 :" : y
Workers with large
families or $ m Il,
purses, or both, 60
for cheap rents and
for fresh air and cl-
bow room. A very
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~ his may seem n funny explanation of a
volcanic eruption, but then q volcano Is q
lavn-blc affair. = lYM.. II. SlvrTER. n
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THESU. S.SENATE.
SOME INSTANCES OF IIEREDlTY IN
CRAFTSMANSHIP. iti
Accidental Senators Who Made Their
4 Arark-Tho I,usicst Day OF Walter r. Col:
quits Life-Ex. Senators Who Have necn
y Elected to tho House Of Representatives.

kSVpbs k'''N-.t .N''.A
4 The assertion Is frequently made that
tho Senate Of tho past quarter OF q cen.
.tury, collectively considered, has not
equalcd In ability and craftsmanship that
Of the antc.bcllum period, and ,hnt lat.
tcrly@its personnel }has been vastly In.
fcrior In the clements Of oratory and IN.
dividual greatness. To q certain extent,
perhaps, this proposition iswcllg grounded,
but Thrust DO remembered that In tho
earlier daysof tho republic tho Office
sought the man to q much wider scope
than in times comparatively recent. The
methods Of American politics have
changed in the meantime, and local inter.
ests have become SO diversified through
tho enormous growth Of tho country
that the ancient landmarks have ncces.
sarlly been largely, disturbed. i.$
Before tho war accidental senators
were few and far between; but oc-
casionally an instance Is recorded Of
IN accidental senator proving him.
self equal to his high position. Bed
ford Brown, Of North Carolina, was
elected to tho Senate In 1920 hy ono ma.
jority, and that by tho mercst accident,
but having acquitted himself with great
ability, was reelected with little II any
opposition. Z.
The instances Of hcrcdity in senator.
ships arc few. Richard H. Bayard, OF
Delaware, who was chosen to succeed
Senator Arnold Naudain In 1880, was the
father OF James A. Bayard, who sue.
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The Tn colonel looked at it, and finally said,
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would not do it. The officers then fired
in the air, but the four men tried to run
over them, using clubs and loaded quirts
on the officers. Constable Bray's horse
was knocked down and nc wss struck on
the head with quirt. Both officers be-
gan firing, then after few shots Hubbard
cried out, ''hold on, boys, they have
killed ne" The other three still run
njrg. The officers caught them and upon
Er5 Halls refusal 10 surrender lie was
knocked down with blow from pis
toll. Al three were arrested and brought
in and lodged n the cslaboo5e. This
morning Mathews and Hail were re-
leased Oh bond. ) Jury of inquest nave
gone 10 the scene,
The verdict 10 the killing last ujgbt
was TIA. John Hubbard came 20 his
death by wound made BY pistol in
the hands OF i. L. Martin, City Marshal.
or Charles Br6y, Constable. Msrtju and
Bray were arrested and gave $500 BOND
and were released. Their examining
trial comes UI Tomorrow.
We had splendid rain this noon, hJod-
ing everything. Splendid cotton and
corn crops are nov assured.